Back in the 1970’s something particularly fantastic happened…. I can’t remember the exact year, but I wasn’t very old, and anyway, a high degree of chronological precision is not really required to tell this story. Other than the following...

There is a very old joke about a guy going down to an operating Theatre, just before he is handed over to the Anaesthetist, he asks the Doctor if he will be able to play the violin after the operation. “Of course” replies the Doctor. The man smiles and...

Yesterday was a day off… My first goal was to try very hard to put all thoughts of Gantt Charts, Missing Resources, and shrinking timelines behind me, or more accurately, in front of me. I’m not leaving them behind, I’m just pushing them up front...

I find it fairly easy to write a sentence, a paragraph or even an essay. Heck, given enough time I can manage it in reasonable Italian, or Latin. For the last couple of months much effort has been expended to further my understanding of the basic rules of...

More years ago than I care to mention, I was messing around with early MIDI technology. After a few weeks of head scratching and frustration, I eventually managed to interface my very early Apple MAC computer with my digital Piano and a couple of...

The Theremin is here, plugged in, warmed up, and filling the house with a kind of 1950s B Movie Sci Fi sound. Playing it is not easy……In fact, its really rather difficult, which is probably :- a) why you don’t see many of them, and b) why I’m...

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